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Frederick Thielen
I am a distinguished Health Technology Assessment (HTA) researcher with a robust portfolio demonstrating significant contributions to addressing challenges in European health care systems. My specialistion is in the integration of economic research into health sciences, providing innovative solutions to complex issues. I demonstrates commitment to hard work, collaboration, and embrace a broad-spectrum perspective that fosters diversity and innovation.
I am proficient in leveraging the R programming language for various applications, including document creation, demonstrating adaptability and advanced analytical capability.
Current positions
Senior researcher
Trimbos institute
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Current - 2023
Research advisor
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2022
- Research advisor Erasmus MC Pharmacy: group of Clinical Pharmacometrics
Assistant professor
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2021
- Teaching activities as course co-coordinator, lecturer, and tutor
- Co-promoter of 4 PhD students
- Research activities in several international, EU-funded research projects
Teacher in Statistical Programming & Data Science in R (freelance)
TriData
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Current - 2019
- Teacher of the course: Statistical programming in R (in Dutch)
Education
PhD in Health Technology Assessment
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 - 2015
Research Master Health Sciences
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands
2015 - 2013
- Grade point average (GPA): 8.2
- Participant in the PREMIUM Honours Programme
BSc European Public Health
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands
2013 - 2010
- Participant in the Honours Programme “Governance of Health Care Innovations”
- Minor semester at Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom, 2012)
Working Experience
Student Assistant
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - 2015
Research Intern
Trimbos institute
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2015 - 2014
- Research internship for the Master thesis
- Member of the working group “Early Psychosis” (technical modelling team)
Nurse
University Hospital Aachen
Aachen, Germany
2015 - 2006
- Nurse at a ward of internal medicine
- Released delegate of the Staff Council in 2010
Teaching Assistant & Module Coordinator
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands
2014 - 2013
- Teaching assistant for the study European Public Health
- Module coordinator for the pre‑bachelor course European Public Health
Research Assistant and Intern
RAND Europe
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2013 - 2013
- Research internship for the Bachelor thesis
- Research Assistant for the team Health and Healthcare (4 months)
Teaching Experience
Driven by a passion for education, I thrive on pioneering and employing novel paedagogical techniques to elevate student learning.
Lectures at Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2019
- Health Care Costs
- Quailty of Life
- Economic aspects and reimbursement considerations for the treatment of haematological cancers
Lectures at Erasmus Medical Center
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2019
- A brief introduction to Health Technology Assessment and Economic Evaluations
Lecture at Utrecht University
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Current - 2022
- Oog voor impact (guest lecture)
- Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
- Highest level course offered in department
Thesis supervision or assessment of Master thesis students
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2015
- Total master students until present: 42
- Study programmes: Health Economics, Health Economics, Policy and Law, European Health Economics Master
Teaching and tutor activities
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2015
- Pharmaceutical Pricing and Market Access (co-coordinator)
- Health Technology Assessment
- Advanced Health Economic Modelling
Honours & Awards
Research and education fellowship
Community for Learning and Innovation
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Current - 2022
- The Fellowhsip covers 0.2 FTE for a period of two years for my educational project “Data and Health”, which I share with another colleague
2018 Best Student Poster Research Presentation
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
N/A
2018 - 2018
- Poster title: The Cost Of Healthcare For Children With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis Of Healthcare Utilization And Expenditures In The Netherlands
2013 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates
The European Inter-University Association on Society, Science, and Technology (ESST)
N/A
2013 - 2013
- The European Masters Programme in Society, Science and Technology (ESST) was sponsoring an award of 1,000 € for the best undergraduate essay on the connection between science and society (or technology and society). Undergraduates of all fields, studying at any European university, were eligible to apply. See also: http://esst.eu/award/